FOURTEEN MEDFORD (OREGOWJ MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, June 7, 1S55
Big Celebrations Wait Released
Fliers on Return to Home Towns
Omaha, Neb. (U.R) Three
American flien, freed by the
Chinese Communists after two
long years in Red prison camps,
flew home today to joyous wel
comes in .their Midwest home
towns. Capt. Harold Fischer Jr., 1st
Lt. Lyle . Cameron, andW 1st
Lt Roland W. Parks left Hono
lulu with their families last
night on the final lap of their
long voyage home.
The fourth flier freed by the
Chinese Reds last Memorial day,
Lt. Col. Edwin L. Heller of
Wynnewood, Pa., elected to stay
in Hawaii about two weeks
more for treatment of a leg
which was injured when he bail
ed out over North Korea.
Body of Korean
Stowaway Found;
Second Hunted
Half Moon Bay, Calif. 01.R)
A search for a young Korean;
stowaway who vanished from a
freighter at sea was centered
along the coast near here today
after the body of his companion
washed ashore on El Granada
Beach.
An object resembling another
body was sighted several hun
dred yards off shore, but a
search by boat yesterday failed
to locate it.
The two youths disappeared
from the Pacific Far East Line
freighter Sea Serpent early Sun
day as the ship completed a voy
age from Long Beach, Calif., to
San Francisco.
They apparently escaped from J
a locked stateroom after Drean-
ing handcuffs with which they
had been shackled to, their
bunks.
Clad m Life Jacket
Painters working on a shore
tide restaurant at El Granada
lighted the body of one of the
youths in the surf yesterday and
pulled it in to shore. It was still
clad in a red life jacket sten
ciled with the words "Sea Serpent."
San Mateo Coroner Paul Jen
sen identified the body as that
of either Fung Nat Gon, 17, or
Kim Fang Chull, 16, the two
stowaways. Both were from Pu-
san, Korea.
They stowed aboard the Sea
Serpent before it left Pusan
April 19. They left the ship when
it docked at Ocean Falls, British
Columbia, believing it was the
United States, but were discover
ed in a church and put aboard
the Sea Serpent again for return
to Korea.
: They were placed in irons for
the voyage to Long Beach and
San Francisco.
The special Air Force Con
stellation carrying the three re
turning fliers landed at Travis
Air Force Base near San Fran
cisco at 2 a.m. (PST) for an
hour's refuelling stop.
Fliers Surprised
The fliers met with a surprise
when they got off the plane to
stretch their legs. There to greet
them were two aunts of Cam
eron, Mrs. Eugene Schuman of
San Diego, Calif., and Mrs. C. F.
Bingham of El Cajon, Calif.;
Fischer's uncle, Arlee Butter-
field of San Bernardino, Calif.,
and an old buddy of Fischer's
from Iowa State University, Ger
ald Schenck of Sacramento,
Calif.
The big plane then sped east
ward for a 6 a.m. (PST) touch
down at Offutt Air Force Base
here aiyl the "cheers and hand
shakes of the hometown folks
who saw the three fliers go away
to war years ago.
The keys of Omaha were wait
ing for Parks. A brass band was
to greet Cameron at Lincoln,
Neb., and the hamlet of Swea
City, la., planned the biggest
blowout in its history for
Fischer.
The three returning fliers
were in good condition for their
homecoming tanned and rested
after five days in Hawaii with
their families.
They also had a lot of lipstick
to rub off their faces before they
Eureka Forest Fire
Nearly Controlled
Eureka, Calif. (U.R) Cali
fornia's first major forest fire of
the season was expected to be
brought under control today af
ter burning through more than
400 acres of cut-over timber and
threatening a valuable stand of
Douglas fir.
A 20-mile-an-hour dry wind
that fanned the blaze yesterday
died down last night and most of
the 400 firefighters were re
leased from the firelines. About
100 men were retained to seal
off the blaze.
Earl Madray, U. S. Forest Ser
vice spokesman, said he believed
the fire would be brought under
control before noon today.
The flames broke out Sunday
in rugged terrain 50 miles
northeast of here along U. S.
Highway 299. The highway was
closed temporarily but was re
opened yesterday.
A wind, coupled with high
temperatures, had made the area
tinder dry and created critical
fire conditions for the area, For
est Service officials said.
greet the home folks.
The fliers got a bumper share
of kisses last night in an emo
tional farewell from Hawaii.
Heller, their companion in
captivity, and his wife arrived
at the hangar to say goodbye and
to pass out leis all around.
Heller kissed all the mothers.
His wife then kissed the three
departing fliers, their fathers,
and their brothers.
The kissing continued as the
wives of Air Force officers lined
up to bid the three airmen a
warm goodbye.
Heller Happy
HeUer admitted he felt "a
little emotion" when the Con
stellation took off. But he also
had reason to be happy because
the medics have told him that
his leg, crippled when he bailed
out of his Sabre jet fighter over
North Korea, will heal and leave
him fit to fly again.
Parks had already got his first
turn at a plane's controls since
his capture by the Communists
A few hours before his depar
ture he went up in a T33 jet
trainer and put it through its
paces.
"It ' was really wonderful to
get back in an airplane again,
he said.
The. fliers . all have 30 day
leaves to spend at home and re
cover from their captivity.
During that time they will re
ceive orders from the Air Force
directing them to their next duty
station. And, for the time being
all questions about their future
will be decided by the Pentagon
in Washington.
Intelligence officers there
were already going over masses
of information gained from the
fliers during hours of intensive
questioning in Hawaii.
Pinball Ordinance
In Effect af Portland
Portland (U.R) Portland's
city ordinance banning pinball
machines became effective yes
terday afternoon.
Presiding Circuit Judge James
W. Crawford entered U. S. and
State Supreme Court mandates
into the record and Marian C.
Rushing, chief deputy city at
torney, presented the court ord
er in the afternoon.
Validity of the ordinance had
been questioned in an injunction
suit brought by Stanley G. Ter
ry, spokesman for the city's pin
ball interests. The U. S. Supreme
Court ruled the ordinance was
valid.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday; 10 a.m. Monday for
Monday: other days 5:30 ore vious day.
Kentucky Working
On Race Segregation
Lexington, Ky. U.R) Ken
tucky has taken a step toward
compliance with recent U. S. Su
preme Court decisions ordering
an end to racial segregation in
public schools.
An official said today that "we
'consider the Day Law has been
overruled by the recent ... de
cisions." The Day Law has ban
ned school integration in this
state since 1904. Helen Caise, 16
was accepted yesterday for the
summer term at Lafayette High
School.
Thus she- became the first
Negro to enter a white school be
low college level in this state for
51 years. The Day Law recently
had been modified to a degree
to allow Negro students to enter
colleges where no equal facili
ties existed. But Miss Caise was
the first to enroll In an ele
mentary or high school.
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